from Judy Kennedy, October 1, 2018:
…I also wanted to mention that Dan and I just spent a super fun week in Quebec City and the Charlevoix (the area just beyond Quebec City on the northside of the St Lawrence river that includes part of the Saquenay River fjord which is a sight to behold). Trees were in full color, food scrumptious, and my French bad but passable thanks to freshman year at MHC. The giant cruiseliner, Disney Magic, was tied up at the dock in QC to be replaced two days later by the Queen Mary 2 which is even bigger — both as well as others come often since both the St Lawrence and the Saquenay rivers are deep and wide and magnificent. We also checked to see if the Louise Penny walking tour of Quebe City was still available (based on the places in her book, BURY YOUR DEAD) and it is — on Wed and Sat at 1:30 pm — but neither time meshed with our plans so we didn’t do it this trip. We could have arranged for a private tour with the regular Louise Penny tour guide but that was expensive and probably not as much fun as walking through the city with a bunch of LP fans, so we decided to save it for another trip. Since it’s only 4 hours away from home and a wonderful world-class city, we like to go up every 4-5 years but this was our first time in the gorgeous farmlands and mountains of the Charlevoix region, so there is still much for us to see there. We’re already talking about “next time.”
